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The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tom Sharp
Merlin
7 eps
Rose Reid
Charis
7 eps
George Prentice
Dafyd
4 eps
Duran Fulton Brown
Elphin
4 eps
Flo Thompstone
Ygerna
2 eps
Robert Anderson
Cernunnos
1 eps
Diego Ezequil Almarza Batuecas
Bull Jumper
1 eps
Julian Gomez Carpio
Maro
1 eps
Paul Clerkin
Hafgan
5 eps
Nick Collis
Annubi
1 eps
Daniel Considine
Magnus Maximus
2 eps
Angel Gonzalez-Gallego Corral
Bull Jumper
1 eps
Miriam Garcia Donoso
Bull Jumper
1 eps
Daniel Alcala Garcia
Bull Jumper
1 eps
Barry John Kinsella
Cuall
3 eps
Kinga Kivés
Galai
1 eps
Zsolt Kormendy
Long Mustached Warrior
1 eps
Tibor Kummer
Sentry
1 eps
Rafael Espada Martinez
Joet
1 eps
Vanda Móczár
Kalili
1 eps
Zorka Luca Molnar
Jundi
1 eps
Bertie Newman
Collen
2 eps
Sergio Martinez Nuñez
Bull Jumper
1 eps
Javier Pradanas
Bull Jumper
1 eps
Andrew Readman
The Wanderer
3 eps
David Ramirez Rodriguez
Bull Jumper
1 eps
Miguel Angel Arranz Saz
Peronn
1 eps
Ben Adams
Gwyddno Garanhir
1 eps
István Áldott
Soldier
1 eps
Bailee Carroll
Young Myrddin
1 eps
Jenn Kirk
Handmaiden
1 eps
Christopher Sciueref
Pendaran
3 eps
David H. Troyer
Atlantean Noble and Cymry
2 eps
Dianna R. Troyer
Atlantean Noble and Cymry
2 eps
Sofia Ferrante
Young Morgian
1 eps
Kata Sarbó
Heilyn
1 eps
Seán James Sutton
Calpurnius
1 eps
Matthew Scurfield
Old Man Dafyd
2 eps
Nicholas Wittman
Pascent
2 eps
Chick Allan
Gorlas
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and Character Depth.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Merlin, the immortal son of the bard Taliesin and Atlantean Princess Charis, is followed through his tragic upbringing, descent into madness, and shocking disappearance, leading to the legend that surrounds him. Set before King Arthur's birth, Merlin, assumed dead or a myth, reemerges in sub-Roman Britain to unite the fractured kingdoms under threat from Saxon invaders.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07 · Signature episode
The Last True Bard
Britain gathers for war. Merlin rises from shadow to crown the one king who can unite them all.
- Directed by Jesse V. Johnson, Jeremy Boreing
- Written by Ryan Whitaker, Josiah Nelson
S01E03 · Signature episode
A Fatherless Child
A king demands blood; revelation follows. The old world begins to fall.
- Directed by Jesse V. Johnson
- Written by Jeremy Boreing
S01E04 · Signature episode
The King of Maridunum
As Britain bleeds, Merlin must forge unity from chaos—while darkness moves behind kings and blades.
- Directed by Ryan Whitaker
- Written by Ryan Whitaker
S01E05 · Signature episode
The Price of Failure
War brews, loyalties splinter, and Merlin's past erupts—threatening to destroy the fragile future he fights for.
- Directed by Ryan Whitaker
- Written by Josiah Nelson
S01E02 · Signature episode
The Vision of Taliesin
A forbidden union gives birth to a prophecy that will outlive the world that made it.
- Directed by Jeremy Boreing
- Written by Jeremy Boreing
S01E06
Ganieda
After years in exile, Merlin returns to a divided kingdom and meets the woman who will test his destiny.
- Directed by Ryan Whitaker
- Written by Rose Reid
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07 · Signature episode
The Last True Bard
- Directed by Jesse V. Johnson, Jeremy Boreing
- Written by Ryan Whitaker, Josiah Nelson
S01E05 · Signature episode
The Price of Failure
- Directed by Ryan Whitaker
- Written by Josiah Nelson
S01E04 · Signature episode
The King of Maridunum
- Directed by Ryan Whitaker
- Written by Ryan Whitaker
S01E03 · Signature episode
A Fatherless Child
- Directed by Jesse V. Johnson
- Written by Jeremy Boreing
S01E02 · Signature episode
The Vision of Taliesin
- Directed by Jeremy Boreing
- Written by Jeremy Boreing
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Stephen R. Lawhead
Creator
Jeremy Boreing
Showrunner
- Photo unavailable
Daniel Kresmery
Executive producer
Dallas Sonnier
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Caleb Robinson
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Ryan Whitaker
Writer
Rose Reid
Writer
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Lee Blaylock
Writer
Josiah Nelson
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jonathan HalperynProducer
- Daniel KresmeryExecutive Producer
- Amanda PresmykProducer
- Dallas SonnierExecutive Producer
- Dallas SonnierProducer
- Jonathan HayProducer
Writing
- Ryan WhitakerWriter
- Rose ReidWriter
- Lee BlaylockWriter
- Josiah NelsonWriter
- Jeremy BoreingWriter
Direction
- Ryan WhitakerDirector
- Jesse V. JohnsonDirector
- Jeremy BoreingDirector
Cinematography
- Dávid LukácsDirector of Photography
- Maxime AlexandreDirector of Photography
- Akis KonstantakopoulosDirector of Photography
- Kristopher S. KimlinDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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